Source: The Guardian The French principle of secularism has been twisted by politicians and so often wrongly used to attack Islam that schoolchildren have been left baffled, the French education […]
By Mohammad Ghazal – Jan 16,2016 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A cartoon published by Her Majesty Queen Rania in response to the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s mocking of the three-year-old Syrian boy found dead on a Turkish beach last year went viral over the weekend. On her Facebook […]
Source: BBC At least 23 people of 18 different nationalities are now known to have died after Islamist militants attacked a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso. Al-Qaeda militants attacked the […]
The young Malian went from migrant worker to right-wing target after helping hide Jewish hostages at a kosher supermarket before briefing police before their successful assault John Lichfield Paris Thursday 7 January 2016 Lassana Bathily with his book ‘Je ne suis pas un heros’ (‘I Am Not A Hero’) Getty Images Lassana […]
Source: Yahoo News Paris (AFP) – Hundreds of mosques across France are participating in a major open-house event this weekend, offering visitors the opportunity to come in for tea and […]
Source: BBC French mosques have invited non-Muslims in to try to create greater understanding of Islam in France. Visitors are being offered hot drinks, pastries, calligraphy demonstrations and discussion during […]
Source: BBC If you are planning on driving in France, beware – one could be heading straight for you at the next roundabout. Carolyn Brown, who lives part of the […]
Source: Reuters The Vatican newspaper has criticized French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo for depicting God as a Kalashnikov-carrying killer, saying it was “woeful” and disrespectful to true believers of all […]
theguardian — Osservatore Romano says cartoon shows sad paradox of world that is increasingly careful to be politically correct yet does not respect believers’ faith The anniversary edition of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo at a printing house near Paris. Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images The Vatican’s newspaper on Tuesday […]
Françoise Frenkel’s book ‘Rien où poser sa tête’ has been rescued from obscurity. Robert Fisk celebrates an extraordinary writer, and her story which has a mystery at its heart. Robert Fisk @indyvoices Tuesday 29 December 2015 German-occupied Paris, 1942. The Jewish population were forced to wear the yellow […]
Source: Pulitzer Center BY NICK SHINDO STREET A light rain was falling as young men and women — some in hip European street clothes, others in hijabs or ankle-length robes […]
At the Grande-Synthe camp, children are forced to play in the mud as a sanitation crisis looms Adam Lusher Wednesday 23 December 2015 286 comments Mohammad Faiq, four, plays outside his family’s tent at the Grande-Synthe camp, near Dunkirk, yesterday Justin Sutcliffe In front of a tent pitched beside a […]
By AFP – Dec 27,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Demonstrators, most of them angry against Muslim residents, march in Ajaccio, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, on Saturday (AP photo) AJACCIO, France — France banned demonstrations in part of the Corsican capital Ajaccio on Sunday following two days of anti-Arab […]
AFP — DAWN.COM 43 COMMENTS A picture taken on December 25, 2015 shows a devastated Muslim prayer hall in Ajaccio, after protesters vandalised it and tried to set fire to copies of the Holy Quran.—AFP AJACCIO: Demonstrators ransacked a Muslim prayer hall and attempted to burn copies of the […]
Reuters International DEC 24, 2015 – swissinfo.ch JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A record number of French Jews moved to Israel this year, an immigration official said on Thursday, citing anti-Semitic violence […]
Source: BBC When the University of Birmingham revealed that it had fragments from one of the world’s oldest Korans, it made headlines around the world. In terms of discoveries, it […]
COP21: How one word nearly killed the climate deal ‘It took hard work, grit and guts’ Joby Warrick Paris A young woman is one of thousands of people demonstrating in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The final draft of the agreement at COP21 has received a largely positive […]
Source: BBC France’s far-right National Front (FN) has failed to win a single region in the second round of municipal polls. The party was beaten into third place, despite leading […]
Reuters International DEC 11, 2015 – 13:48 By Emmanuel Jarry and David Stanway PARIS (Reuters) – Efforts to craft a global accord to combat climate change stumbled on Friday with China and many other nations refusing to yield ground, forcing host France to extend the U.N. summit by a day […]
LET’S MAKE A DEAL Climate talks serve as a networking opportunity By Paula Dupraz-Dobias in Paris DEC 8, 2015 – 19:20 Young activists try to get their message across to the COP21 negotiators in Paris (Paula Dupraz-Dobias) Networking is as important as diplomatic manoeuvring at the United Nations climate talks […]